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This message was last updated by the GM at 08:09, Sun 30 June 2019.

Hey all, I wanted to give you a quick heads up while we’re still working on finalizing things - the AP is going to wrap up at level 16, *maybe* 17.  So please don’t plan out a build that only comes together at level 20.  :)

In reply to Chris (msg # 2):

Then we should all start at level 4 :D
This message was lightly edited by the player at 21:29, Mon 08 July 2019.

In reply to Paul (msg # 3):

or we convince Chris to homebrew 4 more levels worth of campaign. I am sure there are still dangers left in the world after we complete the AP

If folks want to keep going when we wrap this up in a few years, I’ll figure something out ;-)

Question for everyone on how to handle battle maps.  I am working on roll20 to get maps setup, primarily because it lets me easily manage what is actually visible to everyone through Fog Of War.  My plan was to screenshot the maps and embed them in the forum posts.  Unfortunately I'm running into headaches getting the actual map saved for use.  If I zoom out far enough for the whole thing to be visible, this is what I see:




Is that too zoomed out for everyone, or will that work?  There are some maps later in the AP that are even larger, which may necessitate some additional finagling.  I would prefer to avoid making everyone register for roll20 as well just to get maps to work; I'm also looking into scrolling screencap plugins to see if I can get it to work a bit better.

Thoughts?

In reply to Chris (msg # 6):

That map works for me

In reply to Chris (msg # 6):

Works for me too

Hey, welcome to the gang Steve!  :)

In reply to Chris (msg # 6):

The map looks good.

In reply to Chris (msg # 6):

That size works, but if it were bigger I wouldn't complain.

In reply to Paul (msg # 11):

Hey Chris, do you want us to indicate/communicate what spells we have prepared each day? Should we update our character sheet each in-game day?

On one hand I'm not sure you should know what spells we've prepped, less it influence your behavior or plans. On the other hand, there should be some accounting so that we can't just cast whatever and claim it was prepared. Thoughts?

Yes please track spells prepared/used each day on your character sheet so there is a record.  I promise to play it straight :)

In reply to Chris (msg # 6):

The map works for me, though larger would be nice if you can figure it out. Let me know if you want me to look into finding a solution.

In reply to Paul (msg # 12):

I have added my prepared Spells to my sheet. So. Few. Slots.

As a note to everyone - Kemp has taken a Vow of Poverty with Asur.  This means he cannot collect/benefit from any material possessions with any significant value, including magic items.  Instead he gets a bunch of benefits from Saranae to basically balance out most of the defenses and keep him from being instant road-kill before hitting level 3.

However, this doesn't mean the rest of you get a larger cut of the loot.  The overall loot remains  the same, but his share gets allocated towards worthy causes of his choosing.

Also, if any of you need him to cast Restoration or anything, it means you'll need to supply your own diamonds, so keep that in mind :)

This message was deleted by the player at 14:20, Tue 16 July 2019.

Hey! Forgot to say the map looks good to me!

Everyone appears to be more or less at a good place to move forward - Is there anything else folks want to do in town before I handle the horse race, cover lunch and the afternoon, and move forward to the consecration ceremony in the evening?

Nope, Jensox is good to go.

In reply to Chris (msg # 19):

Good to go here too

good to go

Also, be careful looking through character portraits. Its apparently really easy to accidentally select a new one without realizing it until you post..

Good to continue!

Good to go!

You will note that the most recent post has a map associated with it.  Please make sure to include your position on the map in your next post so I can place you on the map in the appropriate position.

And don't worry, I'm sure everything will be completely fine.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:53, Wed 24 July 2019.

Great, sounds like this town is set for a bright new beginning and we can all go home!

Good, good, get all those high rolls out of the way ahead of time.

In reply to The Man Behind The Curtain (msg # 28):

Yes, I have a growing suspicion the dice roller is just waiting to screw us over.

In reply to Kemp (msg # 29):

is this a good time to mention that's why I want to use my physical dice? #paranoidrpgplayers

In reply to Steve (msg # 30):
There's no dice jail for online dice rollers.

I rolled everyone's Perception and Initiative, and the map has been updated.

Let's do this!

RIP stray dog :( first casualty of the campaign

In reply to Sean (msg # 33):

Poor pup. We barely knew thee.

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19463

In reply to Paul (msg # 34):

Hey! That dog is in negative health levels! Ain't dead yet.

The description sounded awfully like a coup de grâce, so it just gets a fortatude save DC 10+dmg taken or it's done :-(

OK just saw all the texts that explain round order and edited my post. I keep the group text muted because I sleep at odd hours. Can I keep the attack roll for when I actually get a turn?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:26, Wed 31 July 2019.

Sure thing!

Coup de grâce is a full round action, surprise rounds only get you a standard :)

Kemp! Save the doggo! Maybe it can be our pet and it can follow us around and cause problems during combat. I'll help take care of it, I promise!!

And hey! There is a small chance I may have crit on my first attack!

You did not crit (The goblin's AC is bad while prone, but it's higher than 7).  But he's prone, so he has no Dex bonus, so you do get Sneak attack.

Does prone remove the Dex bonus in 3.5? We were trying to determine that and the best we could find is that prone gives -4 to AC vs melee, +4 AC vs ranged, no effect on Dex bonus and therefore no sneak attack

It... does not, actually.  Huh.  Today I learned.

Now if you want to house rule it, it totally makes sense to me that prone allows backstab. I also thought it did until we looked it up

Haha, I figured it was higher than 7. Oh well!

I will think about the Prone houserule, it literally doesn’t matter in this instance since he’s dead in either case.

Also, and again it doesn’t matter in this case, on a Critical Hit you roll the die twice and double your modifier.  You don’t just straight double the first roll.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:13, Wed 31 July 2019.

Round's up, sorry that took a while; life gets chaotic.

My gerblins are not doing well!  Vano's already got the one near them dead, so there's just the one down trying to bite Droart to death to deal with.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:56, Tue 06 Aug 2019.

A quick note - Steve said Xol moved to M24 (I think), your map has him in the same spot.

In reply to Paul (msg # 49):

That is correct.

FYI - It really doesn't matter at this point with all the enemies dead, but I don't see a way for Rory to move as far as Q10 even with a double move.  Diagonal movement counts for alternating 5 and 10 feet of your movement speed, so with a base speed of 30 I see her ending up a few squares short of there.

An all out sprint (full round action) is a quadruple move?

Yes, that would do it.  Based on the orange text I assumed Rory was taking a double move.

In reply to Chris (msg # 53):

Sorry, yeah, it was a quadruple move, should have specified!

The father is saying the goblins were poisoned with mushrooms, can anyone down in the inn (Asur ?) do an alchemy check to see if we can determine type/kind/how/how long ago?

Absolutely!

Its probably up to Asur. Maybe a knowledge (nature) check on the mushroom residue? Vano could tell that they had been weakened, but couldn't get any more info with his limited skills.

Jensox could do a knowledge natch on the goblins in the square, and I don't think that's out of his character.

Interesting - so the goblins in the square were fine, but the goblins in the inn were poisoned by mushrooms?  What's up with that??
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 04:14, Mon 16 Dec 2019.

Weird right. That's how Vano noticed. After fighting in both location he noticed the ones at the inn seemed weaker.
This message was lightly edited by the player at 08:22, Mon 16 Dec 2019.

So I just had to look up healing rules for 3.5. Is it correct that we only heal hitpoints equal to our level with 8 hours of rest?

That is correct.  In this instance, Father Zantus was more than happy to patch you up after the fight and you are topped off.

Hey, we should have an OOC discussion about the loot from those first goblin fights.  Here's what we got:

1 light blue magical potion
30 gp
2 sets of studded leather armor (small)
2 small shortbows
40 small arrows
1 small whip
1 Masterwork Horsechopper (aka Small Halbred)

The 30gp splits 4 ways as 7gp, 5sp per character. What do we want to do with the rest of the equipment? Anyone have a use for any of it? Sean, you had Vano keep the horsechopper, do you want it? I have no problem letting you have it, fwiw. Certainly none of us are small, so I don't see a lot of use for the armor, bows, arrows, and whip. Should one of us just sell it all this morning (in-game morning, of course)?

I rolled a 15 to identify the blue potion, did anyone else try? Chris, was that enough?
This message was last edited by the player at 04:44, Sat 11 Jan 2020.

Part of it comes down to how Chris wants to handle loot. I was under the impression that most of that stuff got left behind so I don't know if we can sell it. Vano isn't very strong, just the extra weight from the horsechopper was giving him penalties so he didn't grab anything else.

Vano definitely took the horsechopper with the intent to sell it for himself. He likes you guys well enough, but doesn't consider the group a "party" yet. Especially since the druid wasn't present for most of the fighting. Rory convinced him to let her have a portion of the money from the sale if she can negotiate a better price. She also took the 30gp, gave a little to Father Zanthus and kept most of it. Asur literally can't take any loot to the best of my knowledge. Though if Asur asked vano to donate part of the sale to the church, he would do it for Asur's sake.

I definitely intend to split up the loot equally from future encounters once we are a bit more cohesive.

Though nobody actually said it in character, I think we all assumed someone took the potion...I'll nominate Rory since she seems the type to grab everything in sight
This message was last edited by the player at 16:58, Sat 11 Jan 2020.

So Kemp can post more detail, but from my knowledge Asur absolutely still gets a cut of everything, gp and items, and VoP makes him sell/donate it all. We do not get to split things one share less just because of VoP. Sucks :-P

Chris, any comments on the loot as Sean brought up? I would agree with the encumbrance argument if we weren't directly in town; I would hope that we could kind of hand wave "oh we left the stuff at the inn and we can go back to get it to sell."

As long as you’re in town, you can assume you unload all non-magic stuff easily enough. Magic items will
be harder, as nobody in Sandpoint has a large enough cash reserve to buy anything crazy expensive.

Asur is in fact required to donate his share of the treasure.  I’m not worried about it until you start finding significant loot.

And as for the potion, a 15 is fine - DC is 10 + caster level.  It is a potion of Cure Light Wounds.

In that case, I'm good with saying the 2 sets of studded leather armor (small), 2 small shortbows, 40 small arrows, and 1 small whip get sold and splitting the money three ways between Vano, Rory, and Jensox.

Since Vano and Rory already came to an agreement in character regarding the horsechopper I plan to stick with that.

Soooo... does that mean I need to split the gold I pickpocketed from the goblin without anyone noticing it was even there in the first place? Just checking :)

No, I wouldn't say so.

Haha, cool. Once she knows you all better I promise she will share more. :)